Airoli

Airoli (Marathi pronunciation: [əiɾoliː]) or Airoli Naka is a residential and commercial area of Navi Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The name Airoli Naka is derived from Airoli-Diva Gaon^[1] the largest village prominent in the node node.

Airoli
Naka of Navi Mumbai
Airoli IT Park in 2009
Airoli
Coordinates: 19°08′58″N 72°59′55″E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
Population
• Total	200,000
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	400708
Telephone code	022-277
Vehicle registration	MH-43

It is a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and is administered by Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation. It is connected to Mulund via Mulund Airoli bridge, to Thane by Kalwa bridge. Also, Thane Belapur Highway Provides well connectivity to Thane and rest of the Navi Mumbai. Airoli is also a part of extended Palm-Beach Road starting from Ghansoli and ending at Airoli^[2] near Dmart. Airoli also gaining a lot of tourist attraction due to Flamingo Boat Rides.^[3]

Airoli Knowledge Park

Airoli Knowledge Park^[4] is a Special Economic Zone developed for the IT companies. This is specifically dedicated to the Information Technology Companies and this starts from Airoli, Sec-20 Neva Garden Park Near MSEB Sub-Station Airlo till Mukund Bridge Thane. This entire corridor is developed for IT companies and their dedicated corporate parks. This SEZ consists of companies like Capgemini, Accenture, Wipro & Commercial Office Space providers like Mindspace. Many financial institutes like Axis Bank also have their corporate & operations units here.

Educational facilities

Schools

• DAV Public School Airoli^[5]
• New Horizon Public School and Penguin Kids, Airoli^[6]
• VIBGYOR High School, Airoli^[7]
• Zenith International & Petit School^[8]
• Radhikabai Meghe Sec. Vidyalaya(Mar.) & Jr. College^[9]
• New Horizon Scholars School and Neo Kids, Airoli
• Smt. Sushiladevi Deshmukh Pri. Vidyalaya (Eng)^[10]
• Sanjivandeep Vidyalaya Airoli^[11]
• V.P.M's National Integration School, Airoli (Kannad)^[12]
• Radhikabai Meghe Sec. Vidyalaya (Mar)^[13]

Colleges

• Datta Meghe College of Engineering^[14]
• Jnan Vikas Mandal's Mehta Degree College of Arts & Commerce^[15]
• New Horizon Institute of Management Studies^[16]
• MCT's College of Education & Research^[17]
• Smt Sushiladevi Deshmukh Vidyalaya & Jr College^[18]
• IISDET's School of Nursing^[19]

See also

• India portal

• Airoli Bridge
• Airoli railway station